Cecilie Våpenstad

Researcher, PhD student Department of Circulation and Medical Imaging Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences

Prinsesse Kristinas gate 3, AHL * * AHL *

How to improve surgical safety by letting surgeons train in a risk-free environment outside of the operating room using simulators. Cecilie Våpenstad is doing research on transfer of skills from training on simulators, competancy based training and simulated patient-specific rehearsal.

Fields of interests: Skills training in minimally invasive surgery, Medical Imaging (x-ray, ultrasound), social learning

Languages: Norwegian: Mother tongue English, French, German: Fluent

Scientific, academic and artistic work

A selection of recent journal publications, artistic productions, books, including book and report excerpts. See all publications in the database

Journal publications

Hofstad, Erlend Fagertun; Våpenstad, Cecilie; Bø, Lars Eirik; Langø, Thomas; Kuhry, Esther; Mårvik, Ronald. (2017) Psychomotor skills assessment by motion analysis in minimally invasive surgery on an animal organ. MITAT. Minimally invasive therapy & allied technologies.
Lindseth, Frank; Hallan, Marte Nordrik; Schiller Tønnessen, Martin; Smistad, Erik; Våpenstad, Cecilie. (2017) MIIP: A web-based platform for medical image interpretation training and evaluation focusing on ultrasound. Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging. vol. 10138.
Våpenstad, Cecilie; Hofstad, Erlend Fagertun; Bø, Lars Eirik; Kuhry, Esther; Johnsen, Gjermund; Mårvik, Ronald; Langø, Thomas; Hernes, Toril A. Nagelhus. (2017) Lack of transfer of skills after virtual reality simulator training with haptic feedback. MITAT. Minimally invasive therapy & allied technologies.
Askeland, Christian; Solberg, Ole Vegard; Bakeng, Janne Beate Lervik; Reinertsen, Ingerid; Tangen, Geir Arne; Hofstad, Erlend Fagertun; Iversen, Daniel Høyer; Våpenstad, Cecilie; Selbekk, Tormod; Langø, Thomas; Hernes, Toril A. Nagelhus; Leira, Håkon Olav; Unsgård, Geirmund; Lindseth, Frank. (2015) CustusX: an open-source research platform for image-guided therapy. International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery. vol. 11 (4).
Hofstad, Erlend Fagertun; Våpenstad, Cecilie; Chmarra, Magdalena; Langø, Thomas; Kuhry, Esther; Mårvik, Ronald. (2013) A study of psychomotor skills in minimally invasive surgery: what differentiates expert and nonexpert performance. Surgical Endoscopy. vol. 27 (3).
Våpenstad, Cecilie; Buzink, Sonja N.. (2013) Procedural virtual reality simulation in minimally invasive surgery. Surgical Endoscopy. vol. 27 (2).
Våpenstad, Cecilie; Hofstad, Erlend Fagertun; Bø, Lars Eirik; Chmarra, Magdalena Karolina; Kuhry, Esther; Johnsen, Gjermund; Mårvik, Ronald; Langø, Thomas. (2013) Limitations of haptic feedback devices on construct validity of the LapSim® virtual reality simulator. Surgical Endoscopy. vol. 27 (4).
Våpenstad, Cecilie; Hofstad, Erlend Fagertun; Langø, Thomas; Mårvik, Ronald; Chmarra, Magdalena Karolina. (2013) Perceiving haptic feedback in virtual reality simulators. Surgical Endoscopy. vol. 27 (7).
Langø, Thomas; Vijayan, Sinara; Rethy, Anna; Våpenstad, Cecilie; Solberg, Ole Vegard; Mårvik, Ronald; Johnsen, Gjermund; Hernes, Toril A. Nagelhus. (2012) Navigated laparoscopic ultrasound in abdominal soft tissue surgery: technological overview and perspectives. International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery. vol. 7 (4).
Våpenstad, Cecilie; Bø, Lars Eirik; Langø, Thomas; Mårvik, Ronald. (2010) Construct validity of two modules on a virtual reality laparoscopic training simulator. MITAT. Minimally invasive therapy & allied technologies. vol. 19.
Våpenstad, Cecilie; Rethy, Anna; Langø, Thomas; Selbekk, Tormod; Ystgaard, Brynjulf; Hernes, Toril A. Nagelhus; Mårvik, Ronald. (2010) Laparoscopic ultrasound: a survey of its current and future use, requirements, and integration with navigation technology. Surgical Endoscopy. vol. 24 (12).